Open AccessToxic shock syndrome: incidence and geographic distribution from a hospital medical records reporting system.
Author(s) -
Robert Miday,
Elsie Wilson
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.78.5.578
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , etiology , medicine , medical record , shock (circulatory) , hospital records , demography , distribution (mathematics) , pediatrics , environmental health , surgery , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics , sociology , optics
A large database of hospital records maintained by the Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities Professional Activity Study (CPHA-PAS) was used to estimate the temporal incidence and geographic distribution of toxic shock syndrome (TSS). The CPHA-PAS hospital-diagnosed incidence was 3.5 times the reported TSS incidence, with a gradual decrease over the time period 1981-83. Marked differences in the regional occurrence of cases may provide clues to the etiology of this complex disease.